UK heading for nuclear surface warships
There has been an update on the Royal Navy’s effort to explore nuclear-powered surface ships, building on its earlier Request for Information (RFI) issued...
Pakistani OPV on delivery voyage
The newly commissioned Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessel PNS Yamama, is on her delivery voyage from Romania to Pakistan. En-route Yamama visited Golcuk and Aksaz...
US’s $1 trillion ship build
The 2025 plan to recapitalize the Navy’s fleet will cost about $40.1 billion annually — about double what the service has received from Congress...
Protecting coastlines against China
Navies across the Asia-Pacific region are boosting amphibious capabilities in an effort to protect their complex coastlines, as China continues its flex its military...
China’s new amphibious ship
China has launched the first of the Type 076 amphibious assault ship, Sichuan (51), at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard facilities at Changxing Island in Shanghai....
Pakistani warship seizes large drug shipment
On 1 January the Pakistan Navy (PN) reported that its replenishment ship PNS Moawin seized a large cache of narcotics during a counter-narcotics operation...
Mogami: inside the contender for frigate contract
During a pre-Christmas visit to Japan, a small group of Australian journalists were given unprecedented access to one of two contenders for SEA 3000...
Finland seizes suspect Russian oil ship
Authorities from Finland have seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power...
Spanish firm buys UK shipyard
The British arm of Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia will acquire the UK shipyard Harland & Wolff in a rescue deal that Navantia says will...
Border Force to get two Evolved Class vessels
Austal has been awarded a $137.02 million (~$85 million USD) contract modification to build two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB) for the Australian...